Quality measurement in health care is a system process that uses data to evaluate the performance of health care plans as well as health care providers against recognized quality standards (familiesusa.org). However, there are lots of quality measurements used by various organizations such as health care industry to improve their work performance. Below are two of the quality measurements used by the health care to improve their services.
TYPE OF QUALITY MEASUREMENT DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1.STRUCTURE Assesses the characteristics of a care setting which includes personnel, facilities, policies related to the care delivery Does the emergency unit have specialized physician in charge of cardiovascular at all times?
2.PATIENT EXPERIENCE This provides the feedback on patients’ experiences of care Do patients report that their provider explains their treatment opinions in a way that easy to understand?
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